The Pugsley Medal was created by
Cornelius Amory Pugsley
Cornelius Amory Pugsley Sr. (July 17, 1850 – September 10, 1936) was the Democratic Congressman from New York's 16th congressional district from 1901 to 1903. He was also President of the New York State Bankers Association in 1913. He crea ...
in 1928. The award honors champions of parks and conservation.
Responsibility for selecting the recipients has shifted from the
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
The American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society was created in 1895 as New York’s first organized preservation lobby. The Society operated as a national organization to protect the natural scenery and the preservation of historic landmark ...
to the
National Park Foundation
The National Park Foundation (NPF) is the official charity of the National Park Service (NPS) and its national park sites. The NPF was chartered by Congress in 1967 with a charge to "further the conservation of natural, scenic, historic, scientif ...
, and most recently to th
American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration Until 1952 there was a gold, silver, and bronze award, and in 1953 it was switched to national, state, and local.
Pugsley Medal winners
*1928
Stephen T. Mather
Stephen Tyng Mather (July 4, 1867 – January 22, 1930) was an American industrialist and conservationist who was the first director of the National Park Service. As president and owner of Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company he became a million ...
, the first director of the
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...
, gold medal
*1928
Duncan McDuffie
Duncan McDuffie (September 24, 1877 – 1951) was a real estate developer, conservationist, and mountaineer based in Berkeley, California, United States.
Developer
McDuffie is best known for developing the Claremont and Northbrae neighbo ...
, silver medal
*1929
Mary Williamson Averell
Mary Williamson Averell Harriman (July 22, 1851 – November 7, 1932) was an American philanthropist and the wife of railroad executive E. H. Harriman. Born in New York to a successful family, Averell married Harriman in 1879. Averell's father i ...
, gold medal
*1929
Nathaniel Lord Britton
Nathaniel Lord Britton (January 15, 1859 – June 25, 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York (state), New York.
Early life
Britton was born in New Dorp, Staten Island, New ...
, silver medal
*1931
Richard Lieber
Richard Lieber (September 5, 1869 – April 15, 1944) was a German-American businessman who became the father of the Indiana state parks system. At his death, he could be considered the most powerful spokesman in the United States for the co ...
, gold medal
*1932
Peter Norbeck
Peter Norbeck (August 27, 1870December 20, 1936) was an American politician from South Dakota. After serving two terms as the ninth Governor of South Dakota, Norbeck was elected to three consecutive terms as a United States Senator. Norbeck was ...
, silver medal
*1935
John Hayes McLaren, silver medal
*1936
Robert Moses
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded ...
, gold medal
*1937
J. Horace McFarland
J. Horace McFarland (1859–1948) from McAlisterville, Pennsylvania was a leading proponent of the "City Beautiful Movement" in the United States.
Life
McFarland was the son of Union Civil War colonel George F. McFarland. He lived and worked mo ...
, gold medal
*1938
Arno B. Cammerer
Arno Berthold Cammerer (July 31, 1883 – April 30, 1941) was the third director of the U.S. National Park Service.
Early life
Cammerer was born in Arapahoe, Nebraska, in 1883. He was the son of a Lutheran pastor and his wife. , gold medal
*1940
Newton B. Drury
Newton Bishop Drury (April 9, 1889 – December 14, 1978) was the fourth director of the American National Park Service and the executive director of the Save the Redwoods League.
Early life
Newton was born in 1889 in San Francisco, California. ...
, silver medal
*1942
Harold L. Ickes
Harold LeClair Ickes ( ; March 15, 1874 – February 3, 1952) was an American administrator, politician and lawyer. He served as United States Secretary of the Interior for nearly 13 years from 1933 to 1946, the longest tenure of anyone to hold th ...
, gold medal
*1942
Harlean James
Harlean James (1877–1969) was the executive secretary of the American Planning and Civic Association, executive secretary of the National Conference on State Parks. She advocated for the expansion of parks in the United States and was award ...
, bronze medal
*1947
Conrad L. Wirth
Conrad Louis Wirth (December 1, 1899 – July 25, 1993) was an American landscape architect, conservationist, and park service administrator. He served as the director of the National Park Service (NPS) between 1951 and 1964.
Wirth was born in ...
, gold medal
*1947
Thomas J. Allen
Thomas J. Allen (1931–2020) was the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management (MIT Sloan or Sloan) is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a ...
, silver medal
*1948
Percival Proctor Baxter
Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland, Maine mayor James Phinney Baxter, he served as the 53rd Governor of the U.S. state ...
, gold medal
*1949
Waldo Leland
Waldo Gifford Leland (July 17, 1879 in Newton, Massachusetts – October 19, 1966) was an American historian and archivist whose work for the Carnegie Institution and the Library of Congress was instrumental in the founding of the National Archive ...
, gold medal
*1950
Newton B. Drury
Newton Bishop Drury (April 9, 1889 – December 14, 1978) was the fourth director of the American National Park Service and the executive director of the Save the Redwoods League.
Early life
Newton was born in 1889 in San Francisco, California. ...
, gold medal
*1952
Harlean James
Harlean James (1877–1969) was the executive secretary of the American Planning and Civic Association, executive secretary of the National Conference on State Parks. She advocated for the expansion of parks in the United States and was award ...
, gold medal
*1953
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr.
Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (July 24, 1870 – December 25, 1957) was an American landscape architect and city planner known for his wildlife conservation efforts. He had a lifetime commitment to national parks, and worked on projects in Acadia, t ...
, gold medal
*1954
Harold C. Bryant, national award
*1954 Russell Reid, silver award
*1955
Loring McMillen
Loring McMillen (March 10, 1906 – March 19, 1991) was Staten Island's official historian who preserved the works of Alice Austen and worked to restore Historic Richmond Town.
Biography
He was born in Staten Island on March 10, 1906. He ...
, local award
*1956
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editor of the ''National Geographic'' magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into the iconi ...
, national award
*1959
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Alfred A. Knopf Sr. and Blanche Knopf in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in ...
, national award
*1962 Allen T. Edmunds, gold award
*1962 Charles Alvin DeTurk, silver award
*1962 Frank G. McInnis, bronze award
*1963
Conrad L. Wirth
Conrad Louis Wirth (December 1, 1899 – July 25, 1993) was an American landscape architect, conservationist, and park service administrator. He served as the director of the National Park Service (NPS) between 1951 and 1964.
Wirth was born in ...
, national award
*1965
Harold P. Fabian, gold award
*1965 U.W. Hella, silver award
*1965 Daniel L. Flaherty, bronze award
*1982 John A. Townsley,
*1991
Denis P. Galvin, national award
*2006
Bill Lane
See also
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List of environmental awards
This list of environmental awards is an index to articles about notable environmental awards for activities that lead to the protection of the natural environment. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors t ...
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Pugsley Medal Recipients 1928 – 1964Winners of the Honorable Cornelius Amory Pugsley Awards American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration
Environmental awards
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Awards established in 1928
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1928 establishments in the United States